Manure-carrier.



No. 837,509. PATENTBI) DEC. 4, 1906.

A. ROYDEN.

- MANURE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, 1906.

WI TJVESSES' INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVIANURE-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed June 14, 1906. Serial No. 321,748.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT ROYDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lengby, in the county of Polk and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Carriers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description .of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for transporting manure from a barn, stable, or like place to a point suitably dis- "tant to avoid the inconvenience usually ex perienced by having the dung or manure accumulate near by the barn, where it is injurious to the walks and often also to the barn by causing it to decay. It is also especially desirable to have the manure removed some distance from the barn when it is to be mixed up with other ingredients to make a compost.

The object above indicated I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device arranged between a barn and a post fixed in the ground. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the conveying cart or bucket and the cable supporting it. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the segmental plate 19 in Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, 1 designates the ground upon which stands the barn 2 and in which is fixed at a suitable distance-say about a hundred feeta post 3, which is braced by cables or chains 4, extending from near the top of the post on a slant down to anchoring-pins 5. Between the barn and the post 3 is stretched a suitable cable 6, which may be a wire rope or a wire, and is inclined toward the stable,

so that the bucket 7, suspended by its hangsheaves 9 mounted therein and adapted to roll on the cable 6. To prevent said sheaves from jumping the cable, there is arranged below each sheave a guide 16, which may be a solid block, as to the right in Fig. 2, or an extension of the metallic arm 13, as to the left in'said figure.

The bucket is held in its normal position by the hook 17, engaging in an aperture 18 in the middle of a segmental plate 19, fixed upon the front end of the bucket. Said hook is pivoted at 20 in a bracket 21 and normally held in engagement by the V-shaped spring 22, which has one end fixed at 23 and the other engaged in a staple 24 of the lever 17", whose upper end is bifurcated into a fork 17 straddling the cable and adapted to swing the hook 17 out of engagement with the bucket when the fork is swung inward by contact with the stop or cleat 25, which is adjustably held on the cable by a set-screw 26, having a depending extension 27, whereby to reach and turn it while standing on the ground, even where the cable may be at an elevation beyond the reach of the hand.

28 represents a heap of manure deposited by the device.

29 is a helical spring suspended from the eye 30 in the upper end of the arm 13 and holding by its lower end the crank or rockerarm 12 normally in upright position.

As shown to the right in Fig. 3, one side of the bucket is more slanting than the other and extends sutlioiently more beyond the pivot-bar 11 to cause the bucket to always tilt to that side on its pivots 11 as soon as it is loaded andreleased from the hook 17. 31 is a stop to prevent the hook 17 from engaging below the bottom of the bucket when it is dumping.

From the above description it will be understood that in operatmg the device the bucket is shoveled full of manure and given a push away from the barn. When the fork strikes the cleat 25,the hook 17 disengages, the bucket turns on its journals almost bottom up, and being thus emptied the spring 29 returns it to normal position, and the weight of the bucket brings it back to the barn, where it receives a new charge and is sent off again, and so on as long as the work lasts. WVhen the heap of manure gets too high in one place, the cleat 25 is moved by means of the set-screw 26 and its long handle 27.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lethook pivoted on the frame and engaging the.

bucket to hold it in its normal position, a cleat or stop on the cable adapted to tilt the hook on its ivot and thereby disengage it from the buc 61], said bucket being wider at one side of its trunnions so as to tilt when released while loaded, a rocker-arm on one of the trunnions and a spring acting on said arm to restore the bucket to normal position after it has dumped its contents.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a post fixed in the ground, a cable extending therefrom in an inclined position to a stable or barn, a frame having sheaves rolling on the cable, a bucket trunnioned near its bottom in said frame, a spring-pressed hook pivoted on the frame and engaging the bucket to hold it in its normal position, a cleat or stop on the cable adapted to tilt the hook on its pivot and thereby disengage it from the bucket, said bucket being wider at one side of its trunnions so as to tilt whenreleased while loaded, a rocker-arm on one of the trunnions and a spring acting on said arm to restore stable or barn, a frame having sheaves rolling on the cable, a bucket trunnioned near its bottom in said frame, a spring-pressed hook pivoted on the frame and engaging the bucket to hold it in its normal position, a cleat or stop on the cable adapted to tilt the hook on its pivot and thereby disengage it from the bucket, said bucket being wider at one side of its trunnions so as to tilt when released while loaded, arocker-arm on one of the trunnions and a spring acting on said arm to restore the bucket to normal position after it has dumped its contents, a metallic plate secured upon the end of the bucket and provided with an aperture for the hook to engage, and means for limiting the forward swinging of the hook, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT ROYDEN.

, Witnesses:

OLANS STAVE, MARTIN LARSON. 

